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Grave of the Fireflies remains the defining expression of Takahata Isao’s artistic vision. In contrast to the fantasy-driven ...

The Standing Shō Kanzeon Bosatsu, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, at the Buddhist temple Yakushiji in Nara is the principal ...

For some years now China has held the top spot in global automotive exports. A new model is coming to the fore in the Chinese ...

The latest quarterly survey on generative AI use in Japan finds it to be more popular than ever, even among older users, ...

A new exhibition offers a sweeping overview of Ainu culture, from nineteenth-century crafts to dance performances at last ...

By modeling patients’ diseases in the laboratory and evaluating candidate drugs directly in human-derived cells, researchers ...

A recent survey in Japan found that home subscription rates to daily newspapers fell below 50% for the first time, even while ...

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling pair and an opposition party have compiled a draft bill to reform the House of ...

Director of the Regenerative Medicine Research Center and professor at Keiō University. Born in 1959, he earned his degree in ...

Tokyo, Nov. 8 (Jiji Press)--Hopes for an early Japan-China summit are fading, a year after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

The suspect, Yu Hai, 31, a resident of Tokyo's Kita Ward, was arrested at the scene Saturday on suspicion of operating a ...